Jeff Brooks has maintained a daily meditation practice for 34 years, has completed 2 three-year retreats, and attended well over 50 meditation retreats....
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Hello Era, it is always good to hear from you. Love to all for the New year, Jeff/Jhananda...
Regarding Esteban's forum, I tried posting some of my writing there, but the text fields are still too small, even after he expanded them. So, now I am working...
Hello Esteban, yes I agree with peer-review of doctrine is important, that is why we engage in it by running forums; however, I do not believe peer-review is a...
... You have 10 000 characters to express yourself, which can be expanded to 100 000 or 1 000 000, but such long posts are offensive to readers and there time....
... It's not fascism either. Also, you and Jak are not native speakers of English, so you two have ... What languages do you know? English and Pali? Stop using...
Akasa is space. ayatana is place. To a place in space...arupa brahma, within the aspects of brahma. As arupa brahma, it is the creator with the potential and...
... Space does not imply astral, its most common use is as volume<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/space> . arupa brahma, within the aspects of brahma. ... ...
As I see it a Brahma is a Being living in the Pure Essence of Being and thus not tainted by sense desire (kamaraga) as He or She is One with all. Then its not...
Peter, as long as you don't say that believes are Buddhist then be my guest. It's interesting to read syncretistic thoughts. However than kind of Brahma may be...
I know nothing for sure except what I have experienced and what I intuit. I know I have experienced BEING one with the Universe (several times). It felt like...
It is however a method of regarding the repetition of the involution and evolution of matter through time and space. I am suspicious that this is what happens...
Hi jahnanda How about this part. This is from samannaphala sutta, from the part of Manomaya-iddhi-nana. Whenever bhikkhu has his citta in samadhi, pure,...
The Devadatta Heresy & the Heart Wood sutta Hello friends, The Devadatta heresy is significant to Ecstatic Buddhists because the Buddhist priesthood claims...
After reading all this post I've a few things to say: do not associate with Devadatta. Judas is in another class altogether because of the gnostic scriptures...
Hello friend, Esteban, after reading your response to our dialog on the dhamma, it does not appear that your skills for peer reviewed discussion are as...
Hello Adam, Jak, Esteban, Patricia and others and thank-you for posting your comments, suggestions and sutta quotes to this forum. I agree the samannaphala...
Jeff, Esteban, It is very poignant that this is happening here. Jeff, in relating the occurance to Devadatta, it might be best to first look at our personal...
Think about it! What ever your spirit was sensing could only be explained or defined by you (you being the acumualtion of knowledge and memories acquiered...
My first near death experience was at the bottom of a swimming pool as well. This experience changed me forever. The most notable thing was my personal...
I cannot understand why some other schools of Buddhism would be so down on jhana. The following blurb is down on jhana, and yet its description of jhana runs...
Duane, the representation that Jhana as contrary to Buddhist practice is more recent than the detractors and supporters care to admit. My study of Buddhism...
Patricia J Akers, thanks for your advice, but I don't have resentments. I won't apologize to Jeffrey because I don't think my posts are offensive. I suggest...
If you need to invision then you are NOT there,Tony..ponder about this. love,Jane ... to invision cool rain washing the risen energy of awareness back down out...
Esteban,my dear:) You are talking like a typical 22 years old. What's poignant? Who's Bo?! Have you looked in your soul Esteban? There are people here who have...
Aw so the points are showing themselves...Esteban, your criticisms could have been far less offensive. When confronted with your actions, you chose to fight,...
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